Check protector.



G. H. PEMBROKE,

CHECK PROTECTOR.

APPLICATION FILED DEU. 17, 1912.

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Patented Oct'. 7, 1913.

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i G. H. PBMBROKE.

CHECK PROTECTOR.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 11110.17, 1912.

1,075,221, Patented 0t.7,191s.

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ATTORNEY. i'"

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suenen H. rEMBnom-z, or NEW BRUNSWICK, New JERSEY, Assienon To Masons H. Hon'ron, or BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

urinoir-encantaron.

To all whom t may concern State of New Jersey, have invented eertain new and useful improvements in Check- Protectors, of which the following is a full,

clear, and exact specification.

My invention relates to improvements in check protectors andthe same has for its object more particularly to provide an apparatus to imprint upon the check' a statement in words and numerals indicating that the check upon which such statement isv `printed is not good for a sum in excess of the amount so indicated thereon. l

Further sai-.d invention has for its object to provide an apparatus whereby one is enabled to print simultaneously upon both sides ot the check a statement whichwill completely penetrate the check from both. sides that it will be impossible to remove the saine without destroying the paper or mater/,rial of the check.

Further said invention has for its object to provide zin-apparatus 'embodying a type rolle/r, and' an iii-king roller which is so arranged and supported relatively to said type rolle-r that it serves. as a means for holding 3ft/the type rol-ler to its adjusted position durthe printing operation.

Further said invention has for its object to print uponthe back of the check, but in reversed form, the same statement which is printed upon the face of the check.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects andlends my invention consists in the novel details ot construction and in the combination, connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described and then pointed out'in the claims. A

In the accompanying drawings whereinl Y end oi the arm 13 is provided a hollow? head 23 which is: openat its underside, and withj section taken on the line 3-.3 of Fig. 2A

showing the construction and 4arrangement of the type roller and the inking roller therettor; Fig. 4e is a front view of the apparatus; Fig. 5 isa detail, inverted plan view of the Speeication of Letters Patent.

.application led December 17, 19,12. Serial No. 787,176

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head carrying the printing roller and related parts, and Fig. 6 is an inverted plan view of the base showing the construction and arrangement of the lower inking mechanism.`

In said drawings 10gdesig'nates the apparatus as a whole comprising a hollow base 11 provided 'at its rear end with bearings .12, 12 inwhieh is pivotally securedthe rear. end of a pivoted arm 13.

14%,' denotes a coil spring interposed between the underside of the arm 13 andthe upper side of the base 1l. l

15 denotes a rod extending through the z.

Vspring 14 and having its -upper end secured to the arm 13, ,and its lower pprtion passedj through' the base 1l, and its end turned. over to form an angular member which engages the underside of said base whereby to limit the upward movement of the arm r3. Adjacent to the forward end of the base 13 are provided oppositely arranged inclined? transverse4 guides 16, 16a which are substantially coextensive in width with saidbase 111. Intermediate. the inner opposing edges of the gu-id'es.16,16a is provided a shallow recess within which is disposed a bar 17 having a resilient face 18 of rubber, leather or the like secured upon its upper surface. The base 11adjacent to the inner opposing edges of the guides 16, 16a, is provided withI two transverse parallel recesses to allow tor the passage of anink ribbon 19 whose oppositeends are secured to rollers 20, 20a mountedinI the base 11, and provided at their corresponding projecting ends with knurled heads 2l, 2la by means of which -said inking ribbon may be wound from one roller to the other.

' 22 denotes an inclined guide plate secured along the front edge ot' the base which serves to guide the che-ck ,into position ,upon the printing ribbon 19. At the forward in lsaid hollow liead 23 is disposed a printing roller 24: .which is revolubly mounted upon a shaft 25 provided at one of its projecting ends `with a knurled' head 25, and

lan indicatingdial 26 bearing charac-ters material 27, upon which is secured a type I plate 28vwhich is conformed to said roller 27. The said type plate bears upon'its outer surface a series of parallel lines of type, each of which indicates that the check is good for a sum not exceeding the particular amount specified in Words and numerals. These words merals, -for example, may begin withl Five and end With 'Ten'thous'and. Upon the underside of the head 'are are ranged two transverse bars 29, 29a which have their ends secured to the opposite lower edges of the head 23 and are so .arf ranged relatively to the printing roll 24C' that only one of the lines of type can act upon a check when disposed below the head 23 and upon the portion of the inking ribbon 19 disposed yover the support 17. f

30 denotes an in king roller which is supported at its opposite ends in bearings 31, 31 carried by a plate 32 secured tothe rear side of the head 23 by adjusting screws The upper edge ot' the plate is provided at its opposite ends with upwardly extending projectionsd, 34: from which extend inwardly projecting members 35, 35,. which bear against theouterA surface of the head 23. By adjusting the said screws 33 the plate 32 is caused to act as a Spring bearing by means of which thepre'ssure with which the'inlring' roller 30 is caused to bear against the vtype roller may be regulated sb as to insure the proper inking ofl the type. The inking roller 30, by reason of its spring adjustment and its disposition relative to thi., printing roller 24e is-caused to fit into the interval between two adjoining lines of type on the printing roller Q/l,

Aand thereby serves to hold said printing. roller to its adjusted position ready for printing when a line of type has been brought properly into position above the interval between the transverse guides 29, 29 secured to the underside ofthe head 23.

Upon the base 11, to the rear of the trans-l verse guides 16, ltrL is arranged an angular stop 36 which is adj ustably supported upon said base by a screw 37 extending through said stop, and a longitudinalslot 38 in said base which is provided upon its lower end with a nut 3,9. The said. stop 36 serves to limit the inward movement of the check when inserted under the head 23 in order to cause the statement to be printed at the proper place upon the check. To the upperf surface of the head is centrally secured a head 4.0 by means of which the arm 13 and the parts carried thereby can be depressed in order to bring any line of type on the roller 211 into engagement with the surface of the check in ordcr Vto print a designation thereon.

-Tlie operation of the apparatus will be obvious from the foregoing description.

Having thus described my invention what and nu'- I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat-- ent is :f-

1. An apparatus of the character described comprising -a base, a movable member mountedI thereon, means for maintaining said movable member normally in an ele-` vated position, an adjustable printing member mounted .upon said movable member, inking means engaging said adjustable vprinting member and serving to hold the same to `its adjusted position, a' support upon said-base below said printing member, and inking means disposed upon said support and coperating with said printing member to print a legend or statement upon both sides of a check when said movable member is depressed, substantially as specified.

2. An apparatus of the character described comprising a'base, a movable member mounted thereon, spring means for maintainingvsaid movable member normally inVV an elevated position, a printing roller revolubly mounted in said movable member', an

inlring roller adjustably mounted in said movable member and engaging said printing roller, guides arranged upon the underside of said movable member below said print-ing rol-ler, a support on said base below said printing roller, and inking means disposed upon said support and coperating with said printing roller to print a l legend or statement upon both sides of a ycheek when said movable member is depressed, substantially as specified.

3. Ani apparatus of the character described comprising a base,an arm pivotally secured at one end to said base, spring means' formaintaining said arm normally in an elevated position, a hollow head secured to the free end of said arm, a printing roller revolubly mounted in sai'd head, indicating means carried by said head, an inking roller adjustably mounted in said head and engaging said printing roller, guides upon the underside of said head below said printing roller, a support arranged on said base be low said printing roller, and inking means disposed upon said support and cooperating with said printing roller to print a legend'or 'statement upon both sides of a check when substantially as said head is depressed, specified.

4. Anv apparatus of 'the character described comprising a base, an arm pivotally secured at one end to said base spring, means l for maintain-nag said arm normally elevated,

a hollow heau carried by the free end of said' arm, a shaft supported in said hollow head, a printing rollenarranged within said hollow head and secured to said shaft, an indicating dial secured to said roller shaft without said head, means for rotating said printing roller and dial, a spring support secured to said head, an mkmg roller carriad by .said spring'support and engaging said printing roller, means for adjusting the tension with which. said inking roller bears upon said printing roller, a pair of longitudinal guides secured upon the underside of said head below the center `o" said printing roller, said base having a recess arranged therein opposite the interval between the longitudinal guides on the underside of said head, a resilient support arranged in said recess, a pair of rollers mounted in said base, an inking ribbon havingits opposite ends secured to Said rollers and extending over said resilient support, and means for actuating said` rollers, substantially as specified.

5. An apparatus of the character described comprising a base, an arm pivotally` by said spring support and engaging said printing roller, means for adjusting the tension with which said inling roller bears upon said printing roller, a pair of longitudinal guides secured upon the underside of said head below the center of said printing roller, said base having a recess arranged therein opposite the interval between the longitudinal guides on the underside of said head, aremovable bar disposed within said recess, a resilient face secured to the upper side of said bar, pair of, rollers mounted in said base, means for actuating said rollers, an inking ribbon having its ends secured to said rollers and its intermediata portion extending over said removable bar,

and an adjustable stop arranged upon said base to the rear of said removable bar, substantially as specified.'

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York, this 14th day of December, one thousand nine hundred' and twelve.

enoeen n. remanente.

Witnessesz HAMILTON ANDERSON, MARCUS H. HoR'roN. 

